(E(-),E(+))-PAIR ANNIHILATION IN THE POSITRONIUM MOLECULE PS(2)

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作者
FROLOV, AM
KRYUCHKOV, SI
SMITH, VH
机构
[1] QUEENS UNIV, DEPT CHEM, KINGSTON, ON K7L 3N6, CANADA
[2] RUSSIAN ACAD SCI, INST SPECT, TROITSK 142092, RUSSIA
[3] IV KURCHATOV ATOM ENERGY INST, MOSCOW 123182, RUSSIA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1995年 / 51卷 / 06期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.51.4514
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The (e-,e+)-pair annihilation in the bound 1S0 state of the Ps2 molecule (e-e+e-e+) is studied. It is shown that the expectation values of the two-, three-, and four-body Dirac δ functions δ+-, δ++- (δ+ -), and δ++ - determine the photonless, one- and many-photon annihilation rates, i.e., the values of Γ0γ, Γ1γ, and Γnγ, where n2. The appropriate analytical expressions are presented together with numerical estimates. As expected, the two-photon annihilation process dominates. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码:4514 / 4519
页数:6
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